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Hepatic regeneration and the epithelial to mesenchymal transition.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Mar 2013
Xue Zeng-Fu, Wu Xiu-Min, Liu Ming
Abstract excerpt
Liver injuries are repaired by fibrosis and regeneration. The core stage is the repair response and fibrosis formation as a scar. The cause of overly-responsive scar formation and diminished regeneration, especially in liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, is still unknown. The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), a previously discovered mechanism, plays an important role in liver fibrosis and tumor metastasis....
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